Gold, Sliver and Bronze Medal Winners of the 2012 Great American Beer Festival

Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer, 29 Entries

Gold: Wagon Box Wheat, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Silver: Shredders Wheat, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Bronze: American Wheat, Gella’s Diner and Lb. Brewing Co., Hays, KS

Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast, 29 Entries

Gold: MBC Wheat Ale, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT

Silver: Tumblewheat, Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY

Bronze: Wrangler Wheat, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA

Category: 3 Fruit Beer, 58 Entries

Gold: Dry Dock Apricot Blonde, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO

Silver: ChChChCh-Cherry Bomb, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY

Bronze: Strawberry Blonde Ale, DESTIHL, Normal, IL

Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer, 38 Entries

Gold: Ruby Raspberry Wheat, Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Fort Wayne, IN

Silver: Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Bronze: 5 Lizard Latin-Style Witbier, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park, IL

Category: 5 Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer, 63 Entries

Gold: Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI

Silver: Anaheim IPA, RAM Restaurant and Brewery - Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Cucumber Saison, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL

Category: 6 Herb and Spice Beer, 114 Entries

Gold: Sweet Heat, Burnside Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Silver: CBC Heather Ale, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA

Bronze: Utah Sage Saison, Epic Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 7 Chocolate Beer, 39 Entries

Gold: Cocoa for Coconuts, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV

Silver: X - 1, DuClaw Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD

Bronze: Milk Chocolate Cherry Stout, Il Vicino Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Category: 8 Coffee Beer, 63 Entries

Gold: Smog City Groundwork Coffee, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

Silver: Hazelnut Coffee Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI

Bronze: Big Shot Espresso Stout, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category: 9 Specialty Beer, 35 Entries

Gold: Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Brewery, Newport, OR

Silver: Alaskan Birch Bock, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Bronze: Exit 8, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale, NJ

Category: 10 Rye Beer, 62 Entries

Gold: Gramarye, Heretic Brewing Co., Pittsburg, CA

Silver: Kyles Baltic Porter, Flat Branch Pub and Brewery, Columbia, MO

Bronze: Roggenbier, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Phoenixville, Phoenixville, PA

Category: 11 Specialty Honey Beer, 33 Entries

Gold: West Bound Braggot, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Silver: George’s Fault, Nodding Head Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Bronze: Kuhnhenn Braggot, Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI

Category: 12 Session Beer, 67 Entries

Gold: Twerp, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Silver: Dock Street/Thiriez Table Saison, Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, PA

Bronze: Bitter American, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Category: 13 Other Strong Beer, 55 Entries

Gold: Reverb Imperial Pilsner, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Silver: Heart of Gold, Perennial Artisan Ales, St. Louis, MO

Bronze: Double White, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Category: 14 Experimental Beer, 62 Entries

Gold: Redrock Paardebloem, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Petit Obscura, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: Track #8, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Category: 15 Fresh Hop Ale, 34 Entries

Gold: Estate Homegrown Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Silver: HopTime Harvest Ale, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Bronze: Colorado IPA Nouveau, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Category: 16 Indigenous Beer, 27 Entries

Gold: Got Beer, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Boulder, Boulder, CO

Silver: Signature Gratzer, choc Beer Co., Krebs, OK

Bronze: Hot Rocks Lager, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 17 Gluten-Free Beer, 20 Entries

Gold: Nikki’s Gluten Free Honey Pale Ale, Rock Bottom Arlington, Arlington, VA

Silver: Brown, New Planet Beer Co., Boulder, CO

Bronze: Pale Ale, Harvester Brewing, Portland, OR

Category: 18 American-Belgo-Style Ale, 71 Entries

Gold: Le Freak, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Chainbreaker WIPA, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Bronze: A Little Crazy, Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL

Category: 19 American-Style Sour Ale, 34 Entries

Gold: Barrel Select - Gold, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY

Silver: Red Poppy, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Bronze: Fitger’s Framboise, Fitger’s Brewhouse, Duluth, MN

Category: 20 American-Style Brett Ale, 29 Entries

Gold: Seizoen Bretta, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR

Silver: Flemish Kiss, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: TPS Report, Trinity Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Category: 21 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, , 51 Entries

Gold: Jerry Maker, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ

Silver: Bourbon Barrel Aged Night Sail, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA

Bronze: Local Species, Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington, VA

Category: 22 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer, 103 Entries

Gold: The Manhattan Project, The Beer Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Pappy Van Muckle, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Golden Delicious, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY

Category: 23 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout, 65 Entries

Gold: Fourteen Fourteen, Central Waters Brewing Co., Amherst, WI

Silver: Silva Stout, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Bronze: Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Category: 24 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 70 Entries

Gold: Lady Of The Woods, Cisco Brewers, Nantucket, MA

Silver: Sentience, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Denver, CO

Bronze: George’s Phunk, Nodding Head Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Category: 25 Aged Beer, 24 Entries

Gold: 2010 Old Trainwreck Barleywine, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, OR

Silver: 2004 Triple Exultation, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA

Bronze: Lovely Cherry Baltic Porter, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Category: 26 Kellerbier or Zwickelbier, 32 Entries

Gold: Bottle Rocket, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que - Lake Travis, Austin, TX

Silver: Redrock Organic Zwickel Bier, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Organic Hopworks Kellerbier, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, OR

Category: 27 Smoke Beer, 50 Entries

Gold: Bambastic, Fort Collins Brewery, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Rauchtoberfest, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

Bronze: Smoke & Dagger, Jack’s Abby Brewing, Framingham, MA

Category: 28 American-Style or International-Style Pilsener, 26 Entries

Gold: Gold Country Pilsner, Auburn Alehouse, Auburn, CA

Silver: Redhook Pilsner, Redhook Brewery Woodinville, Woodinville, WA

Bronze: Gold Leaf Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA

Category: 29 German-Style Pilsener, 52 Entries

Gold: Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Silver: Hans’ Pils, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX

Bronze: Paintbrush Pilsner, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY

Category: 30 Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 53 Entries

Gold: Hometown Blonde, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Silver: Summit Pilsener, Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN

Bronze: This is the Pilsener, Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co., Midvale, UT

Category: 31 Munich-Style Helles, 42 Entries

Gold: 6X Helles, CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Session Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR

Bronze: Longboard Island Lager, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI

Category: 32 Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest, 23 Entries

Gold: Move Back, The SandLot, Denver, CO

Silver: Rolling Thunder Dortmunder, Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY

Bronze: Celestial Gold, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA

Category: 33 American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager, 51 Entries

Gold: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Silver: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Keystone Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Category: 34 American-Style Specialty Lager or Cream Ale or Lager, 34 Entries

Gold: Henry Weinhard’s Blue Boar Pale Ale, Blitz-Weinhard Brewing, Hood River, OR

Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA

Bronze: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 35 Vienna-Style Lager, 36 Entries

Gold: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA

Silver: Chuckanut Vienna Lager, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Danish Red Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA

Category: 36 German-Style Märzen, 69 Entries

Gold: Shiner Oktoberfest, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Silver: Mecktoberfest, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Charlotte, NC

Bronze: Dominion Oktoberfest, Old Dominion Brewing Co., Dover, DE

Category: 37 American-Style Amber Lager, 45 Entries

Gold: Point Oktoberfest, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI

Silver: Staghorn Octoberfest, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Bronze: Uberbrau, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX

Category: 38 European-Style Dunkel, 20 Entries

Gold: Knight Ryder Munich Dunkel, Equinox Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Pious Monk Dunkel, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA

Bronze: Mother Earth Munich Dunkel, Mother Earth Brewing, Kinston, NC

Category: 39 American-Style Dark Lager, 12 Entries

Gold: Shiner Bock, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Silver: Old Virginia Dark, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Bronze: Session Black Premium Dark Lager, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR

Category: 40 German-Style Schwarzbier, 32 Entries

Gold: Shiner Bohemian Black Lager, Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Silver: Baba, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Black Bear, Morgan Street Brewery, Saint Louis, MO

Category: 41 Bock, 33 Entries

Gold: Butt Head Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Silver: Elixer Maibock, Mad Fox Brewing Co., Falls Church, VA

Bronze: Turbo Cougar, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA

Category: 42 German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 19 Entries

Gold: Uber Bock, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison, WI

Silver: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co. - Samuel Adams, Cincinnati Brewery, Cincinnati, OH

Bronze: Resurrection Doppelbock, Red Lodge Ales Brewing Co., Red Lodge, MT

Category: 43 Baltic-Style Porter, 31 Entries

Gold: The Hammer, Rock Bottom King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA

Silver: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Bronze: Polska Porter, American Brewing Co., Edmonds, WA

Category: 44 Golden or Blonde Ale, 67 Entries

Gold: Steelhead Extra Pale Ale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA

Silver: Firemans #4, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX

Bronze: TAPS Cream Ale, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Category: 45 German-Style Kölsch, 61 Entries

Gold: Capital City Kolsch, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Silver: Chuckanut Kolsch Style, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Sky Blue Golden Ale, Carolina Brewery, Pittsboro, NC

Category: 46 English-Style Summer Ale, 38 Entries

Gold: Cross of Gold:, Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL

Silver: Sum’r, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: Mother Lode Golden Ale, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category: 47 Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 29 Entries

Gold: Royal Scandal, Peticolas Brewing Co., Dallas, TX

Silver: Gayle Force Pale Ale, Wind River Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY

Bronze: Hurricane Reef Pale Ale, Florida Beer Co., Melbourne, FL

Category: 48 English-Style India Pale Ale, 54 Entries

Gold: India Pale Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL

Silver: Silverspot IPA, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Bronze: Monumental IPA, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Category: 49 International-Style Pale Ale, 29 Entries

Gold: River Runners Pale Ale, Eddyline Brewing, Buena Vista, CO

Silver: Southern Chaos, Hollister Brewing Co., Goleta, CA

Bronze: Pipe Organ Pale Ale, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA

Category: 50 American-Style Pale Ale, 109 Entries

Gold: Brickstone APA, Brickstone Brewery, Bourbonnais, IL

Silver: The Weight, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL

Bronze: Zombie Dust, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN

Category: 51 American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 111 Entries

Gold: Melvin, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY

Silver: Lumberyard IPA, Lumberyard Brewing Co., Flagstaff, AZ

Bronze: Laughing Dog IPA, Laughing Dog Brewing, Ponderay, ID

Category: 52 American-Style India Pale Ale, 203 Entries

Gold: IPA, Tap It Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA

Silver: Pallet Jack IPA, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Bronze: Duet, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA

Category: 53 Imperial India Pale Ale, 128 Entries

Gold: 2 X 4, Thai Me Up Brewery, Jackson, WY

Silver: Café Racer 15, Bear Republic Brewing Co. - Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA

Bronze: Double Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Category: 54 American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 87 Entries

Gold: Hopback Amber Ale, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Silver: Fixed Gear American Red Ale, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Winterhook, Redhook Brewery, Woodinville, Woodinville, WA

Category: 55 Imperial Red Ale, 60 Entries

Gold: Organic Deranger Imperial Red Ale Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Silver: Imperial Red, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Bronze: 547 Haight - The Toronado San Francisco’s 20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale,

Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 56 English-Style Mild Ale, 31 Entries

Gold: Bristlecone, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Silver: Breakside Session Brown, Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR

Bronze: S.S. Minnow Mild Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO

Category: 57 Ordinary or Special Bitter, 37 Entries

Gold: DBA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Mens Room Original Red Ale, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Bronze: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Category: 58 Extra Special Bitter, 53 Entries

Gold: Crystal Bitter Ale, No-Li Brewhouse, Spokane, WA

Silver: The Tower E.S.B., Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Bronze: Extra Special Ale (ESA), Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia PA

Category: 59 Scottish-Style Ale, 29 Entries

Gold: Wee Heavy, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI

Silver: Isle of Skye Scottish Ale, Boscos Brewing Co., Memphis, TN

Bronze: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Category: 60 Irish-Style Red Ale, 48 Entries

Gold: Irish Red, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO

Silver: TAPS Irish Red, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Bronze: Balefire Red, Echo Brewing Co., Frederick, CO

Category: 61 English-Style Brown Ale, 46 Entries

Gold: Sierra Blanca Nut Brown Ale, Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Moriarty, NM

Silver: Red Hydrant Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV

Bronze: Molly’s Titanic Brown Ale, Rock Bottom Westminster, Westminster, CO

Category: 62 American-Style Brown Ale, 61 Entries

Gold: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO

Silver: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Bronze: Redrock Nut Brown Ale, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 63 American-Style Black Ale, 61 Entries

Gold: Wookey Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Bronze: Black IPA, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Wilmington, Wilmington, DE

Category: 64 German-Style Altbier, 35 Entries

Gold: Balt Altbier, Union Craft Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD

Silver: Land’s End Amber, Kannah Creek Brewing Co., Grand Junction, CO

Bronze: Little Red Cap, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO

Category: 65 German-Style Sour Ale, 29 Entries

Gold: Berliner Metro Weiss, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Silver: German Sparkle Party, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Bronze: NBB Love Felix, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 66 South German-Style Hefeweizen, 70 Entries

Gold: DreamWeaver Wheat, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA

Silver: Ebel’s Weiss, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL

Bronze: Yazoo Hefeweizen, Yazoo Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Category: 67 German-Style Wheat Ale, 23 Entries

Gold: Wildpitch Hefeweizen, The SandLot, Denver, CO

Silver: AlpenGlow, Fat Heads Brewery & Saloon, North Olmsted, OH

Bronze: Weizeneisbock, Gordon Biersch Brewing Co., San Jose, CA

Category: 68 Belgian-Style Witbier, 50 Entries

Gold: ZON, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Silver: White Rascal, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Bronze: White Lightning Belgian White, Full Pint Brewing Co., North Versailles, PA

Category: 69 French- and Belgian-Style Saison, 68 Entries

Gold: Saison, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Saison, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, CO

Bronze: El Verano, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Category: 70 Belgian- and French-Style Ale, 68 Entries

Gold: Saint’s Devotion, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Silver: Your Favorite Foreign Movie, DC Brau Brewing Co., Washington, DC

Bronze: Domaine DuPage, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL

Category: 71 Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale, 42 Entries

Gold: Sour Reserve, Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN

Silver: Barrel Select - FO/BB, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co., Elmsford, NY

Bronze: Sans Pagaie, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA

Category: 72 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale, 86 Entries

Gold: Green Flash Trippel, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: Sanitarium, Bier Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: ABT 12, Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, PA

Category: 73 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale, 51 Entries

Gold: Deceit, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Rhinoceros, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: AleSmith Grand Cru, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category: 74 Brown Porter, 44 Entries

Gold: Pluff Mud Porter, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston, SC

Silver: Exodus, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA

Bronze: Peter Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co. Factory Five, Cloverdale, CA

Category: 75 Robust Porter, 62 Entries
Gold: None awarded

Silver: Coco Loco, NoDa Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC

Bronze: Black Sand Porter, Kona Brewing Co., Kailua-Kona, HI

Category: 76 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 16 Entries

Gold: Seaside Stout, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Silver: Oyster Stout, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Bronze: Ramsey’s Draft Stout, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Category: 77 Foreign-Style Stout, 25 Entries

Gold: Starry Night Stout, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA

Silver: Whiteface Black Diamond Stout, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY

Bronze: Ramsey’s Export Stout, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Category: 78 American-Style Stout, 43 Entries

Gold: Order in the Port, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Silver: American Stout, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Bronze: Ironman, Free State Brewing Co., Lawrence, KS

Category: 79 Sweet Stout, 32 Entries

Gold: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Silver: Milk Stout, Rock Bottom Westminster, Westminster, CO

Bronze: Udder Madness, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI

Category: 80 Oatmeal Stout, 45 Entries

Gold: Oats, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Silver: Stumbler’s Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Bronze: Stagecoach Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA

Category: 81 Imperial Stout, 58 Entries

Gold: Anastasia Russian Imperial Stout, Weasel Boy Brewing Co., Zanesville, OH

Silver: Imperial Stout, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Bronze: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA

Category: 82 Scotch Ale, 44 Entries

Gold: Way Heavy, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Silver: Iron Thistle, Rahr & Sons Brewing, Fort Worth, TX

Bronze: Scotch Ale, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Category: 83 Old Ale or Strong Ale, 31 Entries

Gold: Heini’s Hooch, The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA

Silver: Papier, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA

Bronze: AleSmith Decadence ‘10 Old Ale, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category: 84 Barley Wine-Style Ale, 51 Entries

Gold: Johan the Barleywine, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Silver: Barley Wine, Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery, Ste. Genevieve, MO

Bronze: Dr. StrangeLove, Strange Brewing Co., Denver, CO

2012 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition

Gold: More Fun Blonde, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Brewmaster: New Belgium Brewing Company, AHA Member: Jay Shambo

Silver: Pointon’s Proper - An English Mild RAM Restaurant and Brewery - Wheeling, Wheeling, IL

Brewmaster: Lanny Fetzer, AHA Member: Scott Pointon

Bronze: Classic American Pilsner, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Brewmaster: Mike Hoops, AHA Member: Kyle Sisco

2012 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards:

Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.

Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Devils Backbone Brewery Team

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year